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My first horse would tie just fine ... as long as it was a single tie  
rope.  I remember putting him in cross-ties once.  I think they were  
adjusted a bit too tight for his comfort (was at someone else's place  
for the first time).  He very deliberately pulled back on *one* side  
until it broke, gave us a look like "so there!", then happily stood  
tied to the remaining post and tie.....  I can't remember ever cross- 
tying him again.


On Apr 16, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Dawn Carrie wrote:

> LOL...we had this situation some years ago with a little Paso Fino  
> mare we bought.  We separate our horses for feeding, and where we  
> lived at that time, the only way to separate them was to tie each to  
> separate trees while they ate.  We hung their feed buckets on rings,  
> and clipped each horse to lead ropes pre-tied to rings attached up  
> high.  Well, whenever we tied this mare, she would very deliberately  
> set back, pulling from side to side, practically sitting down,  
> really working to break free.  Never frantic or frightened, it was  
> all very calculated.  We'd simply stand by and watch till she gave  
> up.  She did this daily for about a week, and then tried it every  
> now and then for another month or so, and then has never done it  
> again (we've now owned her 7+ years).  We happened to mention to the  
> prior owner that we tied her for feeding, and they looked at us in  
> horror, saying, you can't tie Barbarita, you have to use a "break- 
> free" halter, she sets back!  We told them, not any more!  She had  
> obviously been "taught," by use of those halters that break when a  
> horse sets back, that she could break loose.  Once she found out she  
> couldn't, she gave up.  :)
>
> Dawn Carrie

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